This week at St Mary s : For our Prayers Sunday Intercessions & Prayer Focus for each day this week

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1 This week at St Mary s : For our Prayers Sunday Intercessions & Prayer Focus for each day this week In 2016 St Mary's is supporting in the wider world: The Condor Vision Trust (CVT) Peru; Mission Afrika in the Diocese of Bo, Sierra Leone. In Sussex and the south east we are supporting: Diocesan Family Support Work (FSW); Faith and Light UK. In Horsham we are supporting the Horsham Churches Together Projects; Anchor Counselling & Therapy. At St. Mary s Our Serving & Transforming the Community. Locally - We thank God for the opportunities Horsham Churches Together and its partner charities have to work in the community and express His love. We pray for those who will be touched by this work this week. The Wider World We pray for Julio Cusihuaman and his work as a prison evangelist supported by the Condor Vision Trust in Peru. Praise God for the many prisoners who have come to faith in prisons through his ministry. Monday Tuesday Our ministry with schools (as pupils, parents, teachers, Governors etc.) Mission projects we support in Horsham (Horsham Matters, Y Centre etc.) Wednesday Our ministry with families (Marriage preparation, Parenting, Mothers Union) Thursday Friday Saturday THIS WEEK at St Mary s : Church Diary Monday - Saturday (except Bank Holidays): 8.30 am Morning Prayer & 5.30 pm Evening Prayer: Wed 15 th June am Holy Communion (in St Peter s Chapel, Church Centre) 7.30 pm Flower Festival Opening Concert Thurs 16 th June 6.30 am HCT Prayer Meeting (in Springfield Room, The Y Centre) 9.15 am Holy Communion (in the Church Centre) 10am-6pm Flower Festival with Bethany Café 2pm St Mary s School Dancing in the Causeway Friday 17 th June am Holy Communion (at Horsham Hospital) 10am-6pm Flower Festival with Bethany Cafe Saturday 18 th June 9.00 am Holy Communion 10am-6pm Flower Festival with Bethany Cafe SUNDAY 19 th June 8.00 am Holy Communion 4 th Sunday 9.30 am Parish Communion (with the Lighthouse in the Church Centre) After Trinity 12.30pm-6pm Flower Festival with Bethany Cafe 6.30 pm Flower Festival Closing Celebration Service with refreshments afterwards Mission projects we support in Sussex (Whitehawk Estate, Lorica Trust etc.) Our town ministry (via Council/Civic links, Concerts) Mission projects we support overseas (through Christian Aid, CMS etc.)

2 Sunday 12 th June 3 rd SUNDAY after Trinity Welcome to St Mary s! Especially if this is your first visit we hope you will enjoy the service. If you are new to us please pick up information about all that St. Mary s offers from the Welcome Table near the Church door. Members of the welcome team will of course be delighted to answer any questions you may have. Children from 3-11 years old are most welcome at THE LIGHTHOUSE, our Sunday Club which meets in the Barn/Church Centre during the 9.30 services in termtime. There is also a manned crèche available for babies & toddlers in the side chapel. Young people (age 11+) are welcome to join CIA in the Leslie Room. We hope you will be able to stay after the 9.30 service, and join us for a cup of coffee. Please do introduce yourself to one of the clergy or a member of the welcome team, who would love the chance to get to know you better. To find out MUCH MORE about life at St. Mary s please visit (Or contact the Church Office on ) Today at St Mary s 8.00 am Holy Communion (Service Book p 199; Readings:2 Sam ,13-15 & Lk ) 9.30 am Parish Communion (with the Lighthouse in the Church Centre) am Kairos (informal service for children and their families) 6.30 pm Choral Evensong Celebrating the Queen s 90 th Birthday (Hymns from NEH 413, 488, 467, 485; Ps 52(53); Readings Gen 13 & Mk 4.21-end) Did you know? At St. Mary s we deliberately arrange Church life around 5 areas of our purpose - WORSHIPPING AND PRAYING, GROWING AS DISCIPLES, CARING AS A FELLOWSHIP, SERVING AND TRANSFORMING THE COMMUNITY (local and global), PROCLAIMING THE GOSPEL. If you would like to get involved in any of these aspects of our church life please contact the team leader of the relevant team via the church office or in church. WORSHIPPING AND PRAYING and PROCLAIMING THE GOSPEL both led by Canon Guy Bridgewater; GROWING AS DISCIPLES and SERVING AND TRANSFORMING THE COMMUNITY both led by Revd Jimmy Young; CARING AS A FELLOWSHIP led by Morag Davies; Administration and Finance led by Steve Benson; Buildings and Fabric led by Tony Hoadley.

3 St Mary s Church Family News THIS WEEK TODAY Sunday 12 th June 6.30pm: Special Choral Evensong for the Queen s 90 th birthday. All welcome. St Mary s Flower Festival 2016 Let all the world in every corner sing Opening Concert Wednesday 15th June 7.30pm about an hour of music from St Mary s Choir - a mixture of items including 'I was Glad' by Parry, 'Let All the World' by Vaughan Williams plus many others; Festival Open Thursday 16th to Saturday 18th June 10am-6pm & Sunday 19th June pm; St Mary s Church of England School Dancing in the Causeway Thursday 16th June 2pm; Closing Celebration Service Sunday 19th June 6.30pm; BETHANY CAFÉ Open throughout the Festival. Please contact Jo Benson H or Judi Brinkworth H if you have any queries. Thursday 16 th June 10am: The Informal coffee morning group will meet at the Bethany Café to join in with the Flower Festival celebrations. (The next date will be 7 th July in the Church Centre as usual.) Wednesday 15 th June regular events change of location because of the flower festival: 10am Holy Communion in St Peter's Chapel (Church Centre) with Mothers union coffee afterwards in the Manor Room; 2pm Art Group organised by Estelle Allsobrook in the Manor Room.

4 Saturday 18th June pm: Horsham Chamber Choir A Night at the Opera in the Barn, Tickets 13, Students: 6 Available on the door. Come and listen to some popular opera choruses by Borodin, Handel, Mozart, Offenbach, Purcell, Mascagni, Wagner. A licensed bar will be available. FOR YOUR INFORMATION TODAY Sunday 12th June 6.30 pm at Southwater Parish Church, Church Lane, RH13 9BT: All are welcome to our HEALING SERVICE Speaker: Patrick Pearson Miles. A prayer team from Ashington Parish Church will be joining us as well. Thankyou to all the Christian Aid collectors we raised Please donate your Sainsbury s Active Kid s 2016 Vouchers to St Mary s Nursery - pop them into the church office or give them to Lai Brooking via the box in church. New equipment is always needed! Matt Lee Accommodation Needed! Matt Lee, our student youth worker is looking for a host family to stay with for 10 months (Sept 2016 July 2017). Matt is a tidy, sociable and helpful lodger who is always willing to help out with domestic tasks. Matt can also reliably contribute to bills. Think you can help? Please contact Matt on Coming soon at St Mary s Sunday 26 th June 11.30am Kairos will be held in the Vicarage Garden. The service will start as usual at 11.30am, but please stay for a picnic and games afterwards. Bring a rug or garden chair and your own food and drink for your family. All welcome. Monday 27 th June 7.45pm pm Prayers for Vision Day at St Mary s - all welcome for all or part of this evening of prayer. Sunday 3 rd July 9.30am 3.30pm St Mary s Vision Day: A prayerful process of listening and sharing (through worship, presentations and small group discussion) that begins to discern what God s priorities are for mission and ministry through St. Mary s during the next 5 years. Bring and share lunch, special children s and young people s groups. St Mary s Holiday Club Champion s Challenge will be Mon 1 st -Fri 5th Aug 9.30am- 12noon in the Barn (and special capers on Sun 7th Aug). Open to all primary school aged children; registration now open via the church office forms available from the website too. 24 th September 7.45pm: St Mary s Jazz night a date for your diary tickets are now on sale from the Church Office and Waterstones selling fast!

5 Thursday 30th June from 8:30pm: What s the Pint? A number of us from the Parish meet on the last Thursday of each month for a social evening. Please feel free to join us at the Foresters Arms, St Leonard s Road, Horsham contact Martin Dexter M&M s (Mary and Martha s) service for very young children: in the Leslie Room - all welcome. 2.15pm on Thurs 30 th Jun. Sunday 26th June 8am Breakfast all welcome in the Leslie room for free continental breakfast after the service a week earlier than usual because the 8am service on 3rd July is cancelled due to the Vision Day. No evening service in St Mary s on Sunday 26 th June 6.30pm so that we can attend the Deanery Confirmation Service at All Saint s Roffey. Home Group Communion: Wednesday 13th July 7.30pm in the Church Centre. Bring and share a meal followed by Communion together : A chance to find out more about St. Mary's Home Groups, and to share encouragements, vision & ideas across the Groups.